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Light Textured Argent. this is what it looks like "new" before it fades (ages)

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Hi Scott,
You may already know this but there is a gentlemen in Canada that is selling perfect reproductions of these for $300-400. I have bought them through a 3rd party. They have the correct white composite makeup and all of the correct markings. They are also made in the original molds that "found" their way out of the manufacturing facility. This might be an accurate alternative to the NOS pieces that need some type of work done to them in order to look like new again.

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No Dave, I have not heard of those or seen them for sale. I would like to see one however, how does he handle getting them painted the correct color? Are you certain they are made of the same material as original? IMO that would be a tall order, I'm very familiar with the injection molding/RIM molding process, that would be quite a task even if you owned the original tooling and had access to the right size molding machine (large!) and could get small runs made. Does the guy openly sell them or do you need a secret password to contact him

On a side note I did buy one from a guy in Canada about 5 years back, he was selling it as "NOS" on ebay but it was not painted, just bare plastic. I found enough differences to think that it wasn't, or maybe that it was a rejected part that was never painted and sold to MOPAR and maybe stashed away by a production worker. The raw material type and color looked exact, however I noticed that it weighed slightly less than another original I had and when I placed it on a flat surface it would wobble as if it were slightly warped, no original I ever owned did that. I have allot of photos of it, I'll post a couple.

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Is that an original or one you painted? So what you're saying is, over time, light argent darkens? That's interesting since the bubble on my one owner 3k mile 100% survivor shaker cuda looks darker like the one Scott shows and this car hadn't seen the light of day since 1972. Fact is my grille must had darkened at the exact same rate since it matches the bubble exactly.

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